Autonomic dysfunction with mutations in the gene that encodes methyl-CpG-binding protein 2: insights into Rett syndrome.

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Rett syndrome (RTT) is an autism spectrum disorder with an incidence of ~1:10,000 females (reviewed in Bird, 2008; Chahrour et al., 2007; Francke, 2006). Affected individuals are apparently normal at birth. Between 6-18 months of age, however, RTT patients begin to exhibit deceleration of head growth, replacement of purposeful hand movements with stereotypic hand wringing, loss of speech, social withdrawal and...

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